MGT 350 CHapter 4 MINDTAP assignment

If you sue your company because you should have been paid overtime and were not, and the court awards you back pay, this is an example of ----

compensatory justice

Despite broad regulatory reforms after the Enron scandal over a decade ago, corporate boards still are not providing the oversight necessary to prevent ethical lapses, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review. Which of the following are likely areas of concern for corporations?

- Corporations place too much emphasis on pleasing shareholders and not enough on meeting the needs of other stakeholders such as customers, employees, and members of the public. - Corporations focus on meeting short-term earnings goals rather than on creating long-term value -Executives' pay exceeds their value to the organization, as indicated by historical measures

Joe tells you, "I'm concerned that if a Theo Chocolate manager is doing something unethical, I'm not going to hear about it." He asks, "What can I do to encourage employees to speak up if they see something wrong?" What advice would you give him? Check all that apply.

-Make sure that there is no retaliation against whistle-blowers. -Establish a hotline so that employees can confidentially report wrongdoing. -View whistle-blowing as beneficial to the company because it allows ethical lapses to be addressed.

The corporate environmental performance rating is a measure of sustainability. Select the best definition for a sustainable organization.

An organization that meets the needs of current and future generations by protecting the environment

Companies should view whistleblowers as----- .

assets to be valued

Dell computers provided computer recycling in Europe because it was required by law by the European Union. Dell did not offer this same practice in the United States. Which part of the triple bottom line did this impact?

Environmental performance

Joe wants consumers and farmers, as well as "the entire planet," to be "healthy and well." Debra also talks about "doing good while doing well." Joe and Debra use ----- to measure Theo Chocolate's success.

the triple bottom line

Your moral principles and values, or ----- , determine what you view as right and wrong and how you behave accordingly.

ethics

Which of the following statements are consistent with the findings of Slater and Dixon-Fowler? Check all that apply.

People with MBAs are more likely to lead a sustainable organization than people without MBAs. Sustainability is positively related to CEO education.

I'm interviewed by news organizations like The New York Times all the time, and I'm completely comfortable explaining Facebook's policies to them and to their readers.

practical approach

If your manager is honest, fair, and kind and enforces that behavior in others, then you have______ manager

an ethical

The CEO of your company asks you to hire her nephew, Dave, who has been struggling to find a job. This is _________because Dave is not the most qualified person the company could hire for the position.

an ethical issue

Your friend Patrick just told you that he is copying essays he finds on the Internet and turning them in to the professor as his own work. You are confronting ------because Patrick is committing plagiarism but school regulations do not require you to report him.

an ethical issue

Megan's reaction to this scenario is: "That's not a good decision. She'll probably wind up needing one, if not several, of her friends to cover for her. How do you think that's going to make them feel?" Which of Kohlberg's levels of development does this response represent?

conventional

The idea of "equal pay for equal work" by men and women is an expression of -------.

distributive justice

The following diagram shows the three domains of human action. They are arranged on a spectrum of how much control society exercises over a person's or organization's actions, with high explicit control indicating little personal discretion and low explicit control meaning high personal discretion.

domain of law(legal) domain of ethics(social) domain of free(personal)

You need to understand that I am a manager at a company in a very competitive industry. If I don't look out for my company and me, no one else will, so I need to do whatever is best for Facebook and that will eventually be best for the whole industry and society in general

individualism approach

Which of the following stakeholders are primarily concerned with profitability?

investors

I understand that some people who use Facebook would like more privacy, but my company makes money by selling users' information. If the ability to profit from personal information were taken away, how would the company and all our stakeholders be compensated for the service we provide?

justice approach

The United States, and indeed almost all nations, holds that businesses have the right to make money if there's a market for their products and services. It would not be right for the government to take the ability to earn a profit away from me or my company

justice approach

If a decision is deemed immoral because it violates someone's right to freedom of speech or freedom of movement,------ the approach to ethics has been used.

moral rights

As a manager, I have to think about the interests of a large number of stakeholders. While a few individuals may be concerned about Facebook's privacy policies, far more people benefit from those same policies because they don't have to see a bunch of ads that aren't relevant to them

utilitarian

To apply the ------approach to ethics, you need to weigh how various courses of action would affect different people and choose the action that will provide the greatest benefit to the most people.

utilitarian

You say that there are people who are angry about Facebook's privacy policies. But have you considered that far more people benefit from those practices than are harmed by them? There are millions of people in the world who want to see ads for things they care about, not irrelevant ads. We have to do what is right for the majority of people, not just for a small group.

utilitarian approach

Which of the following conditions must be met if a code of ethics is to be effective on campus? Check all that apply.

-Professors must be models of ethical conduct. -If a student does something that is against the code of ethics, he or she must be disciplined. -Students who uphold the ethical standards should be rewarded.

Some people view Edward Snowden, who in 2013 revealed ethically questionable surveillance programs by the U.S. government, as a heroic ------ , while others view him as a traitor to national security.

whistleblower

The following diagram illustrates how employee behaviors vary across the levels of personal moral development.

Preconventional: Task accomplishment Conventional: Group collaboration PostConventional: Empowered

An organization's investors and shareholders, employees, customers, and suppliers are considered its ------ , in contrast to human rights activists, environmental organizations, and the communities where it does business.

primary stakeholders

Patagonia's mission includes a promise to help improve the environmental health of the planet. The company's commitment to creating a positive impact on society is further demonstrated by its ------ status, a type of for-profit entity.

benefit corporation

Suppose Professor Quinn did tell students that he would be writing his own test questions, and then he used questions from a standardized test bank. His actions would indicate that there was a flaw in -------the for the university

ethical leadership

When managers use environmental and social impacts as criteria in all their decision making -----, is an important part of their philosophy.

sustainability